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Community
A group of people living or working in the same area
Geography is..
The study if the physical features of the earth, including how humans affect the earth and are affected by it.
A hominid is..
a primate of a family that includes humans and their fossils ancestors and also at least some of the great apes
Civilization is..
a complex society that created agricultural surplus, allowing for specialized labor, social hierarchy, and the establishment of cities
Boundary
a line that marks the limits of an area; a dividing line
A Geographer is..
a person that studies geography
Hunter-gatherer
hunts animals and gathers fruits and nuts
Irrigation is..
the supply of water to land or crops to help growth, typically by means of channels
Timeline
a line with marks that show when particular events happened in the past
The 5 themes of geography are..
Human Environment Interaction
Place
Location
Region
Movement
Nomad
is a member of group of people that moves from place to instead of living in one place
Eight elements of civilization are..
Cities
Government
Writing
Specialized job
Social Class
Religion
Art and Architecture
Technology
Chronology
an order in which a series of events happened
Relative Location is..
is based on other locations
Neolithic Revolution
refers to a time when early humans developed agriculture
Mesopotamia is
land between 2 rivers Tigris-Euphrates river
Lucy is
3.2 million-year old fossil skeleton of a human ancestor, was discovered in 1974 in Ethiopia
Absolute Location is..
describes the location of a place based on a fixed point on earth
Food Surplus
When the supply of food exceeds the demand for it
Fertile Crescent is